Sunday, April 08, 2007
Festival of Free Software?
Debian has (finally) released Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, codename "etch," the next stable version of the popular community-run Linux distribution.
Here's what Slashdot user plasmacutter had to say (copy-pasted, so, spelling/capitalization errors are original):
As for me, one old webserver (an old Dell laptop named "craptop") that was running "etch" while it was still the "testing" distribution is now running "etch" stable.
Here's what Slashdot user plasmacutter had to say (copy-pasted, so, spelling/capitalization errors are original):
western nations base their entire diet around bread, so passover takes a huge chunk out of nerd diets (i know first hand), so to compensate for the scarcity of kosher food, they must have guzzled more caffeinated beverages.. thus resulting in the warp speed rush to 4.0 ..
As for me, one old webserver (an old Dell laptop named "craptop") that was running "etch" while it was still the "testing" distribution is now running "etch" stable.
Labels: computers, debian, free software, geekery, gnu, linux, software, yay
Monday, March 26, 2007
No news is good news
It's the week before Passover, making it time for the annual update on quinoa. And, so far, I haven't heard of any more bans. And, the pro-quinoa articles are all still on their originating websites; some include their original "check with your rabbi" disclaimers. Overall, this year, quinoa looks like it's safe from further kitniyotization.
Labels: halacha, judaism, kashrut, kitniyot, kosher, passover, yay
